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ABC News · Jun 15, 2022

Former police officer denies he had agenda to prove Chris Dawson murdered his wife

A former police officer tells the murder trial of Chris Dawson he did not deliberately discard evidence from people he interviewed about possible sightings of Lynette Dawson after she went missing.

ABC News · Jun 15, 2022

Chris Dawson's relative saw Lynette Dawson six months after she vanished, murder trial told

Chris Dawson's murder trial hears his first wife Lynette was seen outside a Sydney hospital up to six months after she disappeared from their northern beaches home in January 1982.

ABC News · Jun 14, 2022

Chris Dawson's second wife suspected he had Lynette killed, court told

Two witnesses giving evidence in the Chris Dawson murder trial say his second wife shared suspicions that he had killed his first wife Lynette.

ABC News · Jun 7, 2022

Chris Dawson police interview over alleged murder of wife Lynette played at court

It's the first time the public has gained access to the 1991 police interview with Chris Dawson, in which he steadfastly confronts allegations he considered killing his wife.

ABC News · Jun 3, 2022

COVID-19 delays Chris Dawson murder trial

The crown prosecutor in the murder trial of former teacher Chris Dawson has tested positive to COVID-19, delaying proceedings for seven days.

AAP · May 31, 2022

Lyn Dawson scared, says co-worker

Lynette Dawson was scared of her husband and had a huge, horrible black eye years before she vanished, a co-worker and "astral traveller" has said.

AAP · May 30, 2022

Custody battle behind 'slurs' Chris Dawson was involved in his first wife's disappearance, court hears

Chris Dawson told police in a video interview the timing of allegations about his wife's disappearance came as he was facing a "nasty" custody battle with a woman known as JC, Sydney's Supreme Court hears.

ABC News · May 30, 2022

Chris Dawson 'very flirtatious' with schoolgirl he would later marry, court hears

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson was "very flirtatious" and "very vain" while interacting with a schoolgirl he would later marry, a close friend of the woman has told a court.

ABC News · May 25, 2022

Lynette Dawson found 16yo babysitter naked in family pool, murder trial told

Chris Dawson's murder trial is told that, in the year before his wife Lynette went missing, she came home and found the family's 16-year-old babysitter naked in the pool.

ABC News · May 24, 2022